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Morgan Stanley to offer bitcoin funds to clients from next month

By

Emily Nicolle

2021-03-17T16:01:30Z

2 min read

Investment Banking Fintech Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Morgan Stanley

Two of the funds offered by Morgan Stanley will be supplied by Galaxy Digital

Aviva CEO Amanda Blanc appointed as Women in Finance champion

By

Bérengère Sim

2021-03-17T15:53:09Z

2 min read

Aviva Diversity

Aviva's chief executive Amanda Blanc said part-time and shared roles with more flexible ways of working create a better environment for women to progress in business

Bank of America slams ‘volatile’ and ‘impractical’ bitcoin

By

James Booth

2021-03-17T14:11:12Z

2 min read

Bank of America Fintech Bitcoin cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin’s exceptional volatility makes it “impractical as a store of wealth or payments mechanism,” the bank's analysts said

Mandatory bonus clawback rules could be introduced under audit reform plans

By

James Booth

2021-03-17T13:41:44Z

1 min read

BEIS EY audit KPMG PwC Deloitte

EU’s Von der Leyen fires warning at UK over vaccine exports during bloc’s launch of Covid passports

By

Emily Nicolle

2021-03-17T13:06:59Z

3 min read

Lockdown Coronavirus Vaccine AstraZeneca European Commission

Ursula von der Leyen said AstraZeneca’s failure to deliver its promised doses to the EU has 'painfully reduced the speed of the vaccination campaign'

Morgan Stanley exec says bank will be choosier as ‘discipline’ comes to Spac boom

By

Paul Clarke

2021-03-17T12:54:37Z

2 min read

Spacs Investment Banking IPOs Morgan Stanley

Franck Petitgas, head of Morgan Stanley's international unit, said 'discipline will come back and the Spacs that will work will be dependent on the quality of the managers'

Boris Johnson finally called up for his AstraZeneca Covid shot

By

Emily Nicolle

2021-03-17T12:48:44Z

2 min read

Coronavirus Politics Vaccine AstraZeneca Boris Johnson

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's statement comes after safety concerns have swirled around the AstraZeneca shot in recent weeks

Nearly 50% of FTSE 100 setting ESG targets within exec’s bonus plans

By

James Booth

2021-03-17T12:18:00Z

2 min read

Pay and Bonuses ESG

The study warned that translating ESG targets into pay may lead to unintended consequences

FCA mulls use of City’s listing rules to boost gender diversity

By

Bérengère Sim

2021-03-17T11:52:30Z

4 min read

Covid-19 FCA Diversity Women in Finance

EU watchdog doubles down on crypto warning amid bitcoin boom

By

Emily Nicolle

2021-03-17T11:37:58Z

2 min read

Esma Fintech Bitcoin Regulation Cryptocurrency

The total market capitalisation of cryptoassets now exceed the highs of 2018 at more than €500bn, ESMA said in its Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities report

How billionaire Bill Gross U-turned and made $10m shorting GameStop

By

Bérengère Sim

2021-03-17T10:37:10Z

2 min read

Bill Gross

GameStop, Nokia, AMC trading hype bolsters Hargreaves Lansdown

By

Emily Nicolle

2021-03-17T09:30:09Z

2 min read

GameStop Hargreaves Trading

Hargreaves said it had added a record number of customers during the GameStop boom

Martin Sorrell’s S4 Capital chooses Jefferies and Morgan Stanley as corporate brokers

By

Paul Clarke

2021-03-17T09:19:58Z

1 min read

Jefferies Investment Banking People Morgan Stanley

The two investment banks were named alongside Dowgate Capital as corporate brokers for Sorrell's digital advertising and marketing firm

Credit Suisse, BNY Mellon, Deloitte, Monzo among 44 firms that failed diversity pledge as Covid hit

By

Bérengère Sim

2021-03-17T08:35:12Z

5 min read

Covid-19 Diversity Women in Finance

The review scrutinised not only the progress they made on gender diversity but also how they are monitoring the impact of the pandemic on their workforce

Here’s the company that has outperformed Tesla

By

Emily Nicolle

2021-03-17T08:05:01Z

2 min read

A Tesla showroom in Beijing, China.

German towns face losses on insolvency of Greensill-owned bank

By

Patricia Kowsmann

2021-03-17T07:31:16Z

4 min read

SoftBank Grant Thornton Greensill Capital